From Talking Points:
Amid all the talk Wednesday of how Paul Maurice intends to retain the attacking philosophy used by Peter Laviolette, fans should be aware of what's happening in Albany.
Four weeks ago, with the River Rats 2-7-2-1, Albany coach Jeff Daniels switched from the system used by Laviolette in Carolina to a more defensive system — one forechecker instead of two; defensemen on a leash, not given free license to pinch in the offensive zone.
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This is Going To Hurt
Fri, 12/05/2008 - 19:55 — JohntavI truly feel we had one of the Best coaches in Peter Laviolette.. Perhaps we should be looking at Jim Rutherford, seems like he wanted to get rid of Lavi before this season begun.. then the timming of Laviolette was simply disgraceful, just ask the Leafs new GM to see what he thinks about moving players or coaches this time of year?? Couldn"t Rutherford evaluate things in January and see where the team was at that time? Big win in Philly last week, with a team that had several players out.. In a nutshell we got Paul Maurice (who I happen to like) back because it didn't cost the team hardly money to do so. I want Karmanos (Jason) to run the team and fire Rutherford and bring back Laviolette.. He's a Good Guy & A Great Coach, That Cup was not a Fluke! That was the coach and the guys that got it for us.